Introducing

Troop 465 Members, Families, and Friends,

Do you buy books, music or other items from Amazon.com? Have you heard of AmazonSmile?

I am excited to pass along a fundraising program for Troop 465 that runs through Amazon. Simply put, this is an Amazon service that encourages nonprofit entities to promote Amazon, and in turn Amazon donates money to the registered charity based on the purchases made by registered users.

Our sponsor, 465 Alumni Inc. has been registered as a charity and by linking your Amazon account to our sponsor we will be able to earn money for purchases made on Amazon. The process is simple and costs you nothing.

Start your shopping at smile.amazon.com. When you start at smile.amazon.com Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to our sponsor, 465 Alumni Inc. Remember, if you want Amazon to donate to Our sponsor, 465 Alumni Inc., you need to start each shopping session at the URL http://smile.amazon.com. AmazonSmile is simple and automatic. It's the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.

Please take a moment to link your Amazon account to our 465 Alumni Inc organization and then use your account as normal through smile.amazon.com.

Please pass this along to your friends and family members.

Best Regards,
Phil Ergle, Committee Chair
phil.ergle@gmail.com
770.329.0609

The purpose of the Boy Scouts of America, incorporated on February 8, 1910, and chartered by Congress in 1916, is to:

Provide an educational program for boys and young adults to build character.

Train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship.

Develop personal fitness.

How you can get involved:

JOIN as a youth member with Troop 465.

VOLUNTEER as a Troop Committee member or Assistant Scoutmaster

GIVE to 465 Alumni Inc. to support Troop 465's sponsor.

  Serving youth for over 50 years, Troop 465 has had a proud heritage of molding boys into men according to the criteria listed above. Our Scoutmaster Emeritus, George Lingefelt, say's "If you want boys to become leaders, you have to train them and then let them lead", and thus began our "boy-lead troop" mind set. Mike Lamanac is our current Scoutmaster and passes these skills on. In fact, Scoutmaster Lamanac is only our 6th Scoutmaster since 1963.

Since 1996, the Troop Sponsor has been 465 Alumni, Inc., dba Friends of Troop 465, a non-profit organization specifically enacted to support Troop 465 both financially and philosophically. Troop 465 has a permanent Scout Hut, on over 3 acres, thanks to the generosity and foresight of 465 Alumni, Inc.

Troop 465 is unique because of the tremendous support from our members and their families. If you would like more information about joining troop 465, please click here.